Supporting hanger for closet bowls



Sept. 14, 1954 A. GORDON SUPPORTING HANGER FOR CLOSET BOWLS 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed April 14, 1953 JNVEN TOR.

Sept. 14, 1954 A. GORDON Filed April 14, 1953 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTOR- azm Gm? Patented Sept. 14, 1954 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE Claims. 1

This invention relates to supporting hangers, and more particularly to a supporting hanger for securing a closet bowl upon a wall. The primary object of the present invention is to provide a simple and secure mounting surface for supporting a closet bowl on a wall.

Another object is to provide a supporting hanger capable of vertical adjustment to accommodate itself to variations in the outlets of closet bowls.

A further object is to provide a supporting hanger capable of being employed in upright or inverted position on the same side of a wall as the closet bowl is to be mounted.

Another object is to provide an inexpensive supportin hanger capable of being employed with either a blowout type or a syphon jet type of closet bowl.

The invention is illustrated in the preferred embodiment in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Fig. l is a fragmentary elevational view, partly in section, showing the invention in use with a blowout type closet bowl;

Fig. 2 is a sectional view taken on line 2-2 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken on line 3-3 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the supporting hanger; and

Fig. 5 is a fragmentary elevational view, partly in section, of the invention as used with a syphon jet type closet bowl.

While the invention is susceptible of various modifications and alternative constructions, it is herein shown and will hereinafter be described in a preferred embodiment. It is not intended, however, that the invention is to be limited thereby to the specific construction disclosed. 0n the contrary, it is intended to cover all modifications and alternative constructions falling within the spirit and scope of the invention as defined in the appended claims.

In the embodiment illustrated, two general types of closet bowls, generally designated II), are shown, the blowout type in Fig. 1, and the siphon jet type in Fig. 5. Both are adapted for wall mounting, and empty through an outlet l l in the bowl into an extension I 2 of a waste pipe I3. The vent pipe I30: carries away fumes and odors from the waste pipe.

These closet bowls described are spaced a sufilcient distance from the floor to facilitate cleaning beneath them. The importance of the cleanliness feature is amply magnified in most public rest rooms in schools, buildings and factories, and such places are now using, or are now turning to. closet bowls capable of wall mounting.

The present invention is important in facilitating installation of closet bowls of the type described above, whether such installation be in old buildings being changed, or in new structures being erected. It provides a mounting surface, securely attached to the waste pipe extension l2 on the same side of a wall l4 as is the closet bowl to be secured. Manufacturers of prior art devices have found it necessary to place a mounting surface on the opposite side of the wall from the closet bowl to gain the necessary supporting strength. Obviously this makes it more diiiicult to register supporting bolts in their proper recesses, and access to the devices after installation is impossible without completely tearing out the intervening wall. In addition, these devices have been very complicated structurally and are much more expensive to manufacture than the present invention.

As herein shown, the mounting surface comprises a supporting hanger, generally designated i5, which includes a plate (6 having channels I! to receive therein a pair of integral arms I8 of a mounting bracket 49. The mounting bracket I5 is capable of adjustment upon the plate iii. A succession of threaded recesses, not shown, within each of the grooved surfaces I! may be made to coincide with the pair of openings 20 in the arms l9 as the mounting bracket is slid back and forth in the grooved surfaces. The bolts 2| inserted into these coinciding openings lock the mounting bracket upon the plate in adjusted position.

This simple adjustable feature is of particularimportance in those cases in which the closet bowl outlets vary slightly from their normal position. The solution to this problem is made easy by the present invention. The outlet I I is merely inserted within the waste pipe extension l2, and the positions of the threaded recesses 22 in the mounting bracket are compared with the positions of the apertures 23 in the flange 24 of the closet bowl. The bowl is next removed, and the mounting bracket adjusted to bring recesses 22 and apertures 23 into coincidence. Finally the bolts 25 are inserted through the apertures into the recesses to secure the closet bowl upon the supporting hanger l5.

Many convenient means for attaching the supporting hanger to the waste pipe extension suggest themselves. In the embodiment shown, the central aperture 26 of the plate i6 is threadably engaged upon the exposed end of the waste pipe 3 extension l2 which places the supporting hanger l5 flush with the wall l4. Added support may be given to the extension i2 by a supporting bracket 21 on the side of the wall opposite the closet bowl.

It is sometimes desirable to secure the supporting hanger l5 further by a support bolt 28 which passes through an opening 29 in the mounting bracket l9, and secures an anchor plate 30 against the side of the wall opposite the closet bowl by a nut 31. This arrangement eases the downward force exerted upon the waste pipe extension.

A gasket 32 covers the outer face of the supporting hanger I5. Leakage at the point where the closet bowl outlet joins the waste pipe extension is prevented by a rib 33 on the gasket. The rib is shaped to fit into a beveled edge 34 about the central aperture 26 in the plate ii. The gasket is brought into sealing engagement with the supporting hanger l5 and the closet bowl It by advancing the bolts 25 into the threaded recesses 22. When the closet bowl is in position on the wall, the flange 24 covers the supporting hanger and hides it from view.

As can be seen in Fig. 5, the supportin hanger is also adapted for use with the siphon jet type closet bowl. by merely inverting its operating position above described. It is equally as easy to adjust the hanger for this type bowl as with the type shown in Fig. 1. If a supporting bracket 21 is to be again used, it is of course necessary to alter its height to suit the occasion. Except for this slight alteration, precisely the same structure may be employed for either type of closet bowl.

The simplicity of the present structure gives it another important advantage over supports of the prior art. Its use necessitates only a single joint between the closet bowl and the waste pipe is or its extension l2. Supports now in use provide a plurality of such joints, sometimes as high as four or five, because of the complicated nature of their supporting structure. An increase in joints, of course, increases the possibility of leakage with its accompanying damage to the building structure. Furthermore, the proper installation of these supports requires a great many more man hours than does the installation of the present invention.

I claim:

1. In a wall supported closet bowl with a waste pipe extension projecting through the wall to the side on which the closet bowl is to be mounted, a supporting hanger for securing the bowl to the wall comprising a first member rigidly attached to and supported by the waste pipe extension and having an opening therethrough, said member being mounted with its opening in surrounding relation to the waste pipe extension and having one face bearing against that side of the \wall on which the bowl is to be hung; and a second member having anchored therein, to the exclusion of said first member, all of the means by which the bowl is fixedly attached to the supporting hanger, said second member being vertically adjustably secured to said first member and also bearing over part of its area against the wall on which the bowl is to be hung.

2. In a wall supported closet bowl with a waste pipe extension projecting through the wall to the side on which a closet bowl is to be mounted, a

supporting hanger for securing the bowl to the wall comprising a first member rigidly attached to and supported by the waste pipe extension and having an opening therethrough, said member being mounted with its opening in surrounding relation to the waste pipe extension and having one face bearing against that side of the wall on which the bowl is to be hung; a bowl supporting member secured to said first member for vertical adjustment relative thereto and also bearing over part of its area against the wall on which the bowl is to be hung; and means for attaching the bowl to the hanger having engagement with said bowl supporting member to the exclusion of said first member.

3. In a wall supported bowl with a waste pipe extension projecting through the wall to the side on which the bowl is to be mounted, a supporting hanger for securing the bowl to the wall comprising a plate-like member rigidly attached to and supported by the waste pipe extension spaced above the base of the wall on which the bowl is secured, said member having an opening therethrough and being mounted with its opening in surrounding relation to the waste pipe extension and having one face bearing against that side of the wall on which the bowl is to be hung; and bowl supporting means having anchored therein to the exclusion of said plate-like member all of the means by which the bowl is fixedly attached to the supporting hanger, said bowl supporting means being vertically adjustably secured to said plate-like member spaced upwardly from the base of the wall and also bearing over part of its area against the wall on which the bowl is to be hung.

4. In a support for a baseless closet bowl with a waste pipe extension projecting through the wall to the side on which the closet bowl is to be mounted, a supporting hanger for the bowl comprising a first member having an opening for the projection therethrough of the waste pipe extension, said member being mounted with its opening in surrounding relation to the waste pipe extension and being secured thereto, a bowl supporting member adjustable vertically relative to said first member and to the opening therein, and means for attaching the bowl to the hanger having engagement with said bowl supporting member to the exclusion oi. said first member.

5. A supporting hanger according to claim 1, in which said first member has parallel channels formed in the face thereof and in which said second member has arms receivable siidably within the channels in said first member and means for anchoring said second member to the wall as well as to said first member.

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